Welcome Week Rooftop Movie Night: MIDSOMMAR

Welcome to Athens, Bobcats! Did you know there’s an indie movie theater in the heart of the city, right on Court St..?

To celebrate Welcome Week, we are offering a FREE (for students) movie screening on top of the Athens City Parking Garage:

MIDSOMMAR

WELCOME WEEK ROOFTOP MOVIE NIGHT

Wednesday, August 28th

Seating for the screening will begin at 7:30 p.m and at 8:30 the show will roll! We will start with some A24-themed trivia and prizes in honor of one of our favorite indie distributors!

OHIO students are free with I.D. (Limit of 2 per student)

Since these events reach capacity quickly, we strongly recommend that students claim their tickets in advance by coming to The Athena lobby during our normal business hours.

Non-student admission is $8, and all are welcome!

Chairs will be provided.

Students: we encourage you to come have a look at the magnificent marquee of our 109-year-old theater. You can also check out the movies we’re playing, peruse our great selection of Athena merch, say hello to our amazing staff, and get a limited-edition student loyalty card. Or, if you’re really enthusiastic, help us out by becoming a member – the benefits are totally worth it!

About the Film

Drama, horror, mystery and mythology blend together in Midsommar, Ari Aster’s modern-day tale of paganism-gone-wild!

A group of American students are invited to rural Sweden to take part in a nine-day “midsummer” festival being held at a commune inhabited by pagan ritualists. Each has a different reason for going – Dani is trying to alleviate her grief after a family tragedy, her boyfriend Christian and his pal Josh hope to study the ceremonies and write theses about the experience, and Mark is just going along for the ride. Once they arrive, they are welcomed into the commune; however, the rituals in which they must partake (some involving psychedelics) end up being way more than any of them have bargained for. When Dani is chosen by the commune to serve as “The May Queen”, she is ultimately forced to make some difficult (and terrifying) choices!

Released in 2019 by A24 Studios, this film has come to be regarded as one of the best horror films of the past decade. With its beautiful cinematography by Pawel Pogorzelski, a chilling Norse-folk-inspired soundtrack by Bobby Krlic, and a one-of-a-kind script by Aster himself, Midsommar is, like its 1970’s predecessor The Wicker Man, a strange look inside the murky world pagan religious worship.